Marmoleum is the ultimate green basement flooring for a lot of reasons. With its floating floor system that simply snaps together, the line of click together tiles or planks coupled with a vapor barrier make the perfect floor for a basement recreation room or bonus room. By installing themselves, many homeowners can save thousands of dollars on the worlds most luxurious natural floor.

Many of our clients know that basement flooring can really eat up a budget fast, so they can fortunately spend a little more on the product, simplify the installation and have a floor that they can take with them if and when they move.

For many years, the recommendation of immunologists, asthma and allergy doctors, old fashioned linoleum resilient flooring has many benefits for those that need to keep a clean house. An occasional sweep and spot clean and you can keep the place friendly to those with sensitivities. We have heard that the product is generally considered an anti-static floor, unlike vinyl. It also tends to allow dust to settle rather than keeping a charge in the air which suspends dust. Following with a HEPA vac can really do a lot to capture asthmagens, allergens and nasties that are accumulating.

Marmoleum is not appropriate for all job conditions
While not generally suitable for extremely damp or wet conditions, marmoleum can often be used below grade with no problems. For slightly damp conditions where moisture content in concrete can be accurately measured, their line of glue down tiles are available in 13″ and 20″ tiles and can be installed easily to finish off a cellar floor beautifully by using Forbo’s high performance adhesives designed to deal with certain levels of relative humidity.

Forbo Marmoleum is a stylish interior design element for high end basements.
Whether in a retro game room in a checkerboard pattern or a home theater with bold and beautiful colors, true old fashioned linoleum is a classy finish. Clay plasters and non-toxic paints are also a common sense addition to any modern building project.